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Raina Maier Named Interim Director of Institute of the Environment

News Release Date:

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Renowned environmental scientist Raina Maier has been named interim director of the Institute of the Environment, a universitywide research institute that aims to identify and advance innovative solutions to environmental challenges in Arizona and around the world. Previously she was the director of the UA National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences Superfund Research Program, a multimillion-dollar, interdisciplinary research program that aims to promote healthier lives by identifying the ways in which the environment affects human health; and she will be assuming her new leadership role next month.

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